BENSON, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(210667) BENSON
From Year=1952 To Year=2012
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.
>=
0.10 in.
>=
0.50 in.
>=
1.00 in.
Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
# Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 0.79 2.99 1975 0.03 1974 1.00 18/1996 8 2 0 0 8.9 27.2 1975
February 0.78 2.35 1977 0.06 1997 1.74 24/1977 6 2 0 0 8.3 24.1 1967
March 1.48 4.42 2009 0.15 1959 3.06 03/1985 8 4 1 0 8.3 37.2 1965
April 2.46 7.86 2001 0.14 1980 3.43 23/2001 9 5 1 0 2.3 12.3 2008
May 3.10 6.82 1965 0.13 1976 3.55 16/1969 10 6 2 1 0.0 2.1 1954
June 4.13 10.45 1953 0.65 1973 3.40 05/1984 12 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1953
July 3.60 9.57 1994 0.58 2007 5.26 05/1994 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1953
August 3.54 9.35 1990 0.59 1976 5.57 18/1990 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1953
September 2.74 6.12 2007 0.02 1979 3.53 08/1991 9 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
October 2.25 8.71 1984 0.00 1952 3.12 16/1971 7 4 1 1 0.4 4.6 1970
November 1.20 4.62 1977 0.02 2007 2.22 09/1977 6 3 1 0 5.1 24.8 1985
December 0.79 2.91 1968 0.00 1986 1.37 12/1965 7 2 0 0 7.5 29.5 1968
Annual 26.89 38.12 1995 13.25 1976 5.57 19900818 100 54 16 5 40.9 76.3 1969
Winter 2.36 7.25 1969 0.87 1990 1.74 19770224 21 7 1 0 24.7 70.1 1969
Spring 7.05 14.03 1965 2.41 1976 3.55 19690516 27 16 4 1 10.6 37.8 1965
Summer 11.28 19.22 1990 3.85 2006 5.57 19900818 30 19 7 3 0.0 0.0 1953
Fall 6.20 12.82 1984 1.37 1964 3.53 19910908 22 12 4 1 5.5 24.8 1985
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov.


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